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THANE: Trans-harbour route commuters from Thane may face inconvenience as the Central Railway will shut the staircase of CSMT end bridge on platform 9-10 for ten days starting March 28, late night, for repairs. "The staircase of old footover bridge towards CSMT end connecting platforms 9-10 at Thane railway station will be shut for ten days for repair work. Four other staircases at the platform 9-10...

KOLKATA: The National Film Development Corporation of India-National Film Archive of India (NFDC-NFAI) recently acquired negatives of Shakti Samanta's 'Kashmir Ki Kali', 'Aradhana', 'Kati Patang', 'Amar Prem', 'Chinatown', 'An Evening in Paris' and 'Howrah Bridge'. Currently, these Hindi films are on their way to being restored in 4K resolution by NFAI. Samanta's son -Ashim Samanta- also wants to give...

CHENNAI: The traffic police have booked and fined nearly 42,000 violators in the last 22 days, deploying personnel at key junctions to photograph the offences. Of these, 17,043 were booked for not complying with the stopline rule, 13,484 for not wearing helmets, 7,564 for riding on the wrong side and causing hindrance to motorists, 3,511 for jumping signals and 1,103 for riding/driving with defective...

PUNE: The Pune-Mumbai Expressway toll would increase by 18% from April 1, pushing up the cost of commuting between the two cities.A senior official of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said, "The MSRDC increases the toll on the eway by 6% every year, but it is implemented together once every three years. Going by the calculations, the toll would be increased by 18% from April...

Nirmal Singh Ranswal, a class XII passout from Champawat, Uttarakhand, steps out on the field with a measuring tape. On this particular morning, he needs to sow cabbage; between every two saplings, he must leave a precise gap of 30cm. For, that is the sowing pattern followed in large swathes of Ichihara located in Chiba prefecture in Japan, where he is employed. With over 20% of the country's population...

DHARAMSALA: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has named an eight-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of a spiritual leader. He has been named as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third most important leader in Tibetan Buddhism.The move is likely to anger China, which only recognises Buddhist leaders chosen by it. The Dalai Lama (87) was pictured with the boy during a...

At the back of the court ruling in 2018 decriminalising homosexuality in India, the first edition of the Times Out & Proud campaign was launched with a mission to build a more inclusive and equal society where the LGBTQ+ community can live without fear and discrimination. This campaign went on to set a new reference point in both reader engagement and global recognition.Bombay Times in collaboration...

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was arrested by Lokayutka police Monday evening at Kyatsandra near Tumakuru in an alleged bribery case. Virupakshappa has been arraigned as accused No. 1 in a bribery case, following his son Prashanth Kumar's arrest when he was caught accepting a kickback of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor on behalf of his father for a tender issued by the state-owned...

CHENNAI: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (IIT Madras) have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration of milk in 30 seconds. The test could be performed at home. It can detect multiple substances used as adulterating agents, including urea, detergents, soap, starch, hydrogen peroxide, sodium-hydrogen-carbonate, salt and...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday lashed out at BJP MLAs who claimed that the government suffered losses in excise revenue and asked the saffron party members to read the Budget. During a discussion in the Delhi Assembly, BJP MLA Abhay Verma claimed that the city government's 2023-24 Budget showed a loss of Rs 3,100 crore in excise revenue.The allegation, however, was refuted by...